i 4 6— ROSA EGLANTERIA x PUNICEA 
LADY PENZANCE 
Rosa Eglanteria x punicea: caulibus arcuatis ; ramis bruneis ; aculeis con- 
formibus, sparsis, valde falcatis ; foliolis 7, parvis, oblongis, acutis, duplicato 
serratis, facie viridibus, glabris, dorso pallide viridibus, dense glandulosis, leviter 
pubescentibus ; rhachi glandulosa, pubescente; stipulis adnatis, glanduloso-ciliatis, 
apicibus liberis parvis ; floribus 1-4; pedunculis setosis, aciculatis ; bracteis ovatis, 
glanduloso-ciliatis ; calycis tubo ovoideo ; lobis dense glandulosis, leviter com- 
positis ; petalis rubellis, basi luteis ; staminibus luteis ; stylis villosis, liberis, haud 
protrusis. 
R. rubiginosa x latea punicea (Rose Penzance) Crepin in Journ. des Roses, 1891, 
p. 123 ; Gard. Chron. ser. 3, vol. ix. p. 671 (1891). 
R. lutea x rubiginosa Crdpin in Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. vol. xxxiii. pt. 1, p. 124 
( i 8 94 ). 
R. rubiginosa x lutea Keller in Ascherson & Graebner, Syn. der Mitteleur. FI. 
vol. vi. p. 348 (1902). 
Stems arching, 3-4 feet long; branches brownish. Prickles uniform, scattered, 
strongly hooked. Leaflets 7, small, oblong, acute, doubly serrated, green and 
glabrous above, pale green, densely glandular and slightly pubescent beneath ; 
Petioles glandular and pubescent ; stipules gland-ciliated, adnate, with small free 
tips. Flowers 1-4 ; peduncles setose and aciculate ; bracts ovate, gland-ciliated. 
Calyx-tube ovoid ; lobes an inch long, glandular on the back, slightly compound. 
Corolla G in. diameter; petals pink, with a bright yellow base. Stamens bright 
yellow. Styles villous, free, not protruded. 
With the introduction of the Penzance Briars a new race of Roses 
came into being, and the gain to our gardens and woodlands has been 
incalculable. We are indebted to the late Lord Penzance for this 
beautiful series of Sweet Briar hybrids. Out of some sixteen varieties 
thirteen have received names of characters in Sir Walter Scott’s novels 
and two bear the names of Lord and Lady Penzance. These Roses 
range through various shades and colours, and all are so beautiful and 
so distinct that the whole collection should find a place ; they are 
especially charming and valuable plants for the wild garden. They 
are more vigorous than the ordinary Sweet Briar, flower in greater 
profusion, require no attention whatever, and are content with poor 
soil and an exposed situation. Bushes of Meg Merrilies, which were 
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